Show Y If I t I I I. I Ch Chatter Box Box I t Dear Suzy S l The old town is full fult of Christmas activity at the present time Then The n stores tores are crowded with people s scrambling ambling over what merchandise 1 L II i is offered this year years and other peo pea people pIe standing on street corners y chewing their finger nails wonderIng wondering wondering wonder wonder- ing what to bu buy It is a big problem problem problem lem this year in In tr trying to find 4 something to buy and in some v cases trying to find lind the money to bu buy It with Speaking about money the farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers around here are taking a beatt benting beating beat bent t ing at present filling out their income in income in- in come taxes and paying same Others have paid In September I Vr r- r rand and now In December have another another another an an- other notice filled with the bad news It is really realty serious as you ou no doubt know and the taxes are B by no means small this year Well Welt Mfr that Is one thing I don don'ts have to 3 worry about f This town as present reminds me s. s of how it is during the deer sea- sea son You know when all the men up and leave town I dont don't mean anything dirty like what men used 1 to leave town for and the streets are about deserted Well Welt the lack of men is attributed attributed attributed attrib attrib- to two things First many of the men have gone off to various places to work and have left their families here because they couldn't couldn't couldn't could could- nt get any houses where they were going The second reason is that Some ome of the men still have some ammunition stored away and andare andare andare are out blazing awa away at the geese or nr at nt least shooting holes in the air ir where e eth th the ge geese se have been They dont don't bring many home but you ought to hear the stories they can tell I dont don't understand it all First I dont don't know why anybody wants to work and in the second place I dont don't see how grown men can walk sit or crawl all da day after those I foolish geese Everyone knows the theold theold theold old saying As silly as a goose and yet sometimes I wonder which is the sillier the hunted or the hunter Well West Vest Millard Is sitting pretty pretty pretty pret pret- ty on the war fund drive They are over the top and the money is still coming in All of the workers feel fine about gathering up all that odd change and making it available available available avail avail- able to the use of or the men in the armed forces and their other It looked mighty might bad for awhile but it is all beer and skittles skittles skittles skit skit- at present The boss is lots better to work with now if he was only here working He is pla playing ing Indian with a flock of geese five days a week and we dont don't see much of him any more l If you OU are thinking of what to get me for tor Christmas get one of two things Either a pair of or nylon hose or a C card I want the nylons in case I have to walk home and If I dont don't get the nylons then I can have the C card and take my own car The last guy I was out with wasn't fooling when he said he was out of gas All you ou are going to get from me is a postage stamp so that you can write me sometime The town is buzzing with rumors at present about a change in one of the stores here It runs from froma a rumor about a radio store going to locate here to a Woolworth and Ward store combined ed to be put up Just over the over over- pass Its It's quite a rumor and nobody nobody nobody no no- body can chase it down so the town is all running around with their tongues out wondering what it is all about Poor Bill Starley he changes help so often that the other day he went up to one of his clerks and asked her if it she was being waited on Its It's hell when the boss doesn't know his own His help is changed faster than a new baby Well Vell I must toddle home now and clean my shoes The next time I go riding with a guy I will want to see his gas ration book Love Toots |